Pierre-Joseph Redouté (Belgian, 1759-1840), “Elegant Homeria” Sisyrinchium elegans

Pierre-Joseph Redouté  (Belgian, 1759-1840)
Watercolor for plate 171: “Elegant Homeria” Sisyrinchium elegans
Prepared for Les Liliacées ca. 1802-1816
Watercolor and graphite on vellum
Completed: ca. 1802-1816
Vellum size: 18 1/8 x 13 1/8 in.
Frame size: 30 1/2 x 25 1/2 in.
Signed ‘P.J. Redouté’ lower left


Country of Origin: Winter rainfall South Africa (Western Cape from Clanwilliam to the Cape Peninsula an eastwards to Caledon).